2011 Montedio Yamagata season

Montedio Yamagata

2011 season
Manager	Shinji Kobayashi
J. League Division 1	18th (Relegated to J2)
Emperor's Cup	Third round
J. League Cup	First round
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The 2011 Montedio Yamagata season is Montedio Yamagata's third consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2011 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashiwa Reysol (C)	34	23	3	8	65	42	+23	72	Qualification to 2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage 1,2
2	Nagoya Grampus	34	21	8	5	67	36	+31	71
3	Gamba Osaka	34	21	7	6	78	51	+27	70
4	Vegalta Sendai	34	14	14	6	39	25	+14	56
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	16	8	10	46	40	+6	56
6	Kashima Antlers	34	13	11	10	53	40	+13	50
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	14	8	12	52	49	+3	50
8	Júbilo Iwata	34	13	8	13	53	45	+8	47
9	Vissel Kobe	34	13	7	14	44	45	−1	46
10	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	12	11	42	51	−9	45
11	Kawasaki Frontale	34	13	5	16	52	53	−1	44
12	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	10	13	67	53	+14	43
13	Omiya Ardija	34	10	12	12	38	48	−10	42
14	Albirex Niigata	34	10	9	15	38	46	−8	39
15	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	8	12	14	36	43	−7	36
16	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	9	6	19	42	63	−21	33	Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2
17	Avispa Fukuoka (R)	34	6	4	24	34	75	−41	22
18	Montedio Yamagata (R)	34	5	6	23	23	64	−41	21

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
¹ League champions also qualified for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage.
² The winners of the 2011 Emperor's Cup, F.C. Tokyo, which played in the 2011 J.League Division 2, also qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League.
If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale v Montedio Yamagata

5 March 2011 Round 1	Kawasaki Frontale	2 - 0	Montedio Yamagata	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 15:04	Yajima  34', Noborizato  38'	Report		Attendance: 18,673 Referee: Yamamoto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A
Result	L
Position	16

Last updated: 6 March 2011.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

J. League Cup

Main article: 2011 J. League Cup

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2011 Emperor's Cup

Montedio Yamagata v Blaublitz Akita

2011-10-08 Second round	Montedio Yamagata	2 – 0	Blaublitz Akita	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō
13:00	Shimomura  23' Hasegawa  38'	Report		Attendance: 2,425 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Montedio Yamagata v Kyoto Sanga

2011-11-16 Third round	Montedio Yamagata	2 – 3	Kyoto Sanga	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, Tendō
19:00	Hasegawa  7' Miyazawa  9'	Report	Miyayoshi  15', 44', 48'	Attendance: 1,849 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura